Search 3rd Grade Reading Literature Sequencing Event Educational Resources

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–38 of The One and Only Ivan.

Use this fun story rollercoaster template to help young readers understand the different elements of a story. After students have finished their story, have them consider these who, what, where, why, and how questions as they relate to the plot.

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the third part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Use this awesome story mountain template to help young readers understand the different elements of a story. Students will use this activity to organize their thoughts about the beginning, problem, climax, solution, and ending of a story.

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the last part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the second part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

If your budding reading is writing their first book report, help them nail down the plot with this quick review worksheet.

After reading a fable or folktale, students will use this cute graphic organizer to record the most important things that happened in the beginning, middle, and end. Then they'll try their hand at identifying the moral of the story.

This old Native American myth, The Raven Steals the Light, is the perfect story to spook -- but not scare -- kids this Halloween.

Use this resource to teach your students how to use signal words as they explain the beginning, middle, and end of a fictional story.

Use this resource to give your students practice using a simple sentence structure to describe characters, setting, and events.

Characters often change over the course of a story, and this worksheet will help young readers track and understand their development. Students can use this graphic organizer to consider various elements of a character's development throughout a story.

Add some fun to the old-fashioned placeholder with this bookmark! Your child answers a few questions and makes the bookmark, and the experience, all her own!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Describe Character Actions in Order.

Read Vasilisa the Brave, one of Russia's most famous folk tales, with your child this Halloween, then help her answer the comprehension questions at the end.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Describe Character Actions in Order.

Cut out this cool bookmark to spice up the reading experience for your child. She reviews the book and keeps track of new words she's learning as she goes.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Exploring Sequence with Signal Words.

Have your child try her hand at storyboarding in this reading comprehension sheet.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Exploring Sequence with Signal Words.